Xizhou Qu

Time is like an hourglass, like wind and water, always passing away unconsciously. In this whirling world, the only traces of time missing are the alternation of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

The annual Lantern Festival is coming soon. It has been a custom in Cangyun Kingdom since ancient times. Carnival in spring, lantern appreciation in summer, boat cruise in autumn, and snow viewing in winter are all activities to promote the country's economy and population. Lantern Festival At that time, there will also be many ladies and sons out to play.

Under the flickering of many lights, a look back, a turn around, a poem, a paragraph of words, or a shadow slowly approaching on the bridge, may make a good story, and this day is also the day when many lovers Hold a lamp together and make a wish for a private life.

On the day of Lantern Appreciation Festival, the largest 24-star bridge in Xizhou City was covered with lanterns, and there were many hawkers selling lanterns by the river, and many restaurants and inns were holding poetry gatherings for guessing lantern fans. Among them, the most crowded It is a famous temple in Xizhou City, Honglian Temple. It is rumored that the lotus lanterns in Honglian Temple are the most effective for making wishes, so there were countless people throwing incense and buying lanterns in Honglian Temple that day, and the journey was very lively.

That night, they went to enjoy the lanterns together. Nangong Ruo seldom talked along the way, but held the folding fan in his hand and shook it from time to time. Chu Lingyu was very active, and she participated in many activities of guessing lantern riddles on the way. It can be seen , she likes the Lantern Festival very much.

All the things gained from guessing the lantern riddles were handed over to Chu Yun, and Chu Yun just said a few words to her dotingly, and took all the work on himself.

24 Under the Xingxiu Bridge is an extremely wide river. During the Lantern Festival every year, there are countless river lanterns floating under the bridge. In the evening, the whole river will become extremely crowded. There are countless styles of river lanterns, countless Originally, they converged into countless lights, and printed beautiful fireworks in the river.

The scent of women and rouge floating in the air is enough to make people intoxicated. The south wind knows what I want, and I dream of Xizhou. , There is never a shortage of good stories and beautiful legends.

Chu Yun bought a lot of river lanterns, each of them took a few, only Nangong stood aside empty-handed if he didn't take a river lantern.

"Does His Highness the Fourth Prince not make a wish?" Ye Yixue asked softly.

Nangong Ruo nodded, and then said gently: "I don't believe in these things. If you can make your wish come true, then you don't need to deliberately pursue and strive for many things in this world."

"Having said that, this Lantern Festival is just a custom. It's a celebration anyway. Don't the fourth prince want to marry a gentle and pleasant woman as his concubine?" Ye Yixue lowered her head shyly after saying this, she was as beautiful as a flower, Under the imprint of this light, it adds a sense of style and agility.

Hearing this, Chu Lingyu felt a little uncomfortable. She and Ye Jingyi are both good at martial arts. Isn't the most gentle and lovable of these three women Ye Yixue?

"The dignified fourth prince, of course, has to choose a woman who is worthy of his status. What do you say is gentle and pleasant? If only gentle and pleasant, there are many gentle and pleasant women in the world. The dignified prince must be bestowed by the emperor." Married." When Chu Lingyu said these words, her face was full of aloofness.

Although Ye Yixue is the exiled daughter of the Ye family, Ye Ziyu is a poor official who has no background among the officials. Of course, in terms of status, she cannot compare to Chu Lingyu, who has been a general for generations and has a powerful family.

The other party meant something, but Ye Yixue was not annoyed. Instead, she smiled lightly. Her smile was always just right, as if she was a person who was completely set by the book. This point, It really made Ye Jingyi admire her.

At this time, there were more and more people putting lights on the bridge. Ye Yixue didn't know what she had eaten in the morning, and her stomach was not feeling well all day. At this time, there was a sound of "cuckoo" in her stomach. , which made her extremely embarrassed, but in fact, she didn't need to be embarrassed, because no one would notice her belly in this busy street, but she still told everyone, and then left to urinate.

Looking at Ye Yixue after she left, Chu Lingyu smiled slightly with her mouth upturned. The gorgeous red plum make-up was so overwhelming under the smile, but it made Ye Jingyi feel a chill.

At this time, Ye Jingyi remembered that Chu Lingyu made the tea in the morning, and she smelled the smell of croton in the tea, so she didn't drink it. She thought that the other party only put croton in his tea, but she couldn't think of it. She didn't even let Ye Yixue off, what a woman's heart.

She played well. If Ye Yixue and she both felt uncomfortable in their stomachs, they would naturally walk away like Ye Yixue did just now, and since Chu Yun is her elder brother, his elder brother would naturally turn towards his younger sister, making the two of them alone. Unfortunately, Ye Jingyi was not fooled.

Ye Jingyi ignored Chu Lingyun's complacent expression. This woman was not only willful and domineering, but she was also narrow-minded and thoughtful. He picked out a white lotus lantern, but he didn't write an inscription on it, but silently recited his wish in his heart.

Just as he closed his eyes and meditated on what was in his heart, Nangong suddenly said, "What wish did you make? It's so mysterious that no one will know about it."

Ye Jingyi stared at his face, a little suspicious. This guy had been deserted all night, and he didn't know how to answer this sudden sentence. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the river lantern that Ye Yixue had just cast. With the eyesight of a martial arts practitioner, he naturally saw what Ye Yixue wrote, so he just smiled and said: "It's just some daughter's feelings."

"I don't know who Miss Ye is thinking about." Nangong Ruo continued to ask, but there was an unpredictable light in his eyes.

Ye Jingyi rolled her eyes in her heart. What he was talking about was Ye Yixue's river lantern. Of course, his own river lantern couldn't be about his daughter's feelings. Asking the bottom line made him regret the lie he made up casually.So he smiled perfunctorily and said, "You don't need to know about this fourth prince. Since it can't be written on the river lantern, it's a person who can't say it. Please don't embarrass Jingyi."

At this time, Chu Lingyu was more curious than Nangong Ruolai, "What kind of man would make you dare not write on the river lantern? Could it be that he is a poor boy who is not worthy of your status as Minister of Rites? In that case, you can tell me about it, and I can help you recommend your sweetheart

Under my father's name, let my father be promoted. One day, you will be able to write his name on the river lantern openly. "

Ye Jingyi smiled strangely, and then said to Chu Lingyu, "Then Jingyi is here to thank Miss Chu first."

His answer seemed to be a tacit agreement, so neither Chu Lingyu nor Nangong Ruo said anything more, but neither of them noticed. At this time, in Nangong Ruo's eyes--the cold light flashed away, like the night sky Meteor passing by.

When he went to set off the river lanterns, Chu Lingyu had already taken Nangong Ruo and Chu Yun to a place selling candied haws not far away. When he looked up, the crowd blocked their sight. The jade on Ye Yixue walked up to him and said: "Big sister, the big sister of this jade pendant said that she sprained her foot in the hut of the monastery, and asked you to help her."

The child was pure and innocent, with a harmless look on his face, seeing the jade pendant that Ye Yixue carried, he believed it, and then followed the child to the hut on the back mountain of Honglian Temple.